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[4 December 2012] Reykjavik, Iceland
–– CCP Games, one of the world’s leading
independent game studios and creator of the award-winning
massively-multiplayer online game
EVE Online, has deployed its 18th game expansion, free-of-charge, to
hundreds of thousands of players worldwide.

EVE Online: Retribution brings visceral consequences to the massive sci-fi
universe, empowering pilots to exact revenge on a much larger scale
than ever before. A unique bounty hunting system allows players to
exert pressure on adversaries at the Alliance, Corporation and
individual levels and a new ability to openly sell kill rights
means a lot more eye-for-an-eye justice will be had. A reworked
“Crimewatch” system makes clear the outcomes of acts
both legal and illegal while still leaving limitless choice up to
the player who decides to commit them.

In a massive rebalancing effort, every frigate, destroyer and
cruiser in
EVE will be re-engineered to provide more gameplay options
for new players and veterans alike, revitalizing some of the less
frequently used hulls.

Each of
EVE’s main factions will add a deadly new destroyer to
the market with this latest expansion, alongside other new
additions: a mining frigate, salvage drones and a micro-jump drive.
Further, a situational music system will accompany dozens of
revamped sounds in the game. There are also several major changes
to the user interface, making
EVE Online: Retribution more intuitive without sacrificing any of its intricacy
and potential.

“The
EVE Universe has always been alive, filled with the choices
of the hundreds of thousands of pilots who’ve lived in
it,” said Jon Lander, Executive Producer of
EVE Online. “With
Retribution we’ve made many far reaching changes and I believe
that EVE will feel revitalized as we head into our second
decade.”

From NPC artificial intelligence changes to corporation
recruitment improvements,
Retribution is one of the most wide-ranging expansions in
EVE’s history, prepping it well for a tenth year of
continuous growth.

EVE Online is a spectacular, captivating gaming experience where
hundreds of thousands of players compete within the same virtual
cosmic universe for riches, power, glory and adventure. In EVE,
players can create and live out their most virtuous or sinister
dreams, piloting starships through a futuristic galaxy featuring a
sophisticated, player-run economy and solar systems rife with
treasures to be discovered. With professions ranging from
commodities trader to mercenary, industrial entrepreneur to pirate,
mining engineer to fleet commander and more, EVE players have
access to a diverse array of tools and interfaces to forge their
own exhilarating path. EVE players can also interact within EVE
Gate, a Web-based portal for the EVE community to connect, organize
and communicate outside the game itself. Learn more and sign up for
a free trial at
www.eveonline.com

About CCP

CCP is recognized for the creation of revolutionary gaming
experiences designed with a unique combination of stunning artistry
and advanced technology. Best known as the independent developer
and publisher of EVE Online, the critically-acclaimed, space-based
massively multiplayer online game (MMO, it has two additional
titles are now in production: World of Darkness, a dark, immersive
MMO based on the legendary roleplaying franchise of the same name;
and DUST 514, the groundbreaking massively multiplayer online
first-person shooter (MMOFPS) set in and linked to the EVE Online
universe. Founded in Iceland in 1997, CCP is privately held and has
offices in Atlanta, Newcastle, Reykjavik and Shanghai with a
datacenter in London. More information can be found at
www.ccpgames.com